Label: Columbia – FC 39478 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1984 Genre: Electronic Style: Electro
A1 Hardrock Bass, Drum Machine [DMX], Tape [Tapes] – Bill Laswell Bata – Daniel Ponce Electronic Drums [Simmons Drums], Percussion [Sound Plates], Cuica – Anton Fier Guitar – Henry Kaiser, Nicky Skopelitis Programmed By [Fairlight CMI Proframming] – Will Alexander Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI, Rhodes Chroma, Apple IIe, Yamaha DX7, Emu 4060 Digital Keyboard] – Herbie Hancock Synthesizer [XMD] – Rob Stevens Turntables – D.St* Written-By – B. Laswell*, D. Showard*, H. Hancock* 6:08 A2 Metal Beat Drum Machine [DMX], Electronics [Shortwave] – Bill Laswell Electronic Drums [Simmons Drums], Percussion [Sound Plates], Cymbal [Cymbals], Gong [Gongs] – Anton Fier Guitar – Henry Kaiser Harp [Dusunguni], Balafon – Foday Musa Suso Lyricon – Wayne Shorter Programmed By [Fairlight CMI Programming] – Will Alexander Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI, Yamaha DX7] – Herbie Hancock Talking Drum, Ghatam [Chatan], Bells – Aiyb Dieng Turntables – D.St* Voice – Bernard Fowler Voice [Speaker] – Toshinori Kondo Written-By – B. Laswell*, H. Hancock* 4:53 A3 Karabali Bata, Bells, Shekere – Daniel Ponce Cymbal [Cymbals] – Hamid Drake Piano, Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI] – Herbie Hancock Programmed By [Fairlight CMI Programming] – Will Alexander Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Vocals, Arranged By [Vocal Arrangement] – Bernard Fowler Written-By – D. Ponce*, H. Hancock* 5:17 B1 Junku Bass, Drum Machine [DMX], Tape [Tapes] – Bill Laswell Kora, Kalimba, Harp [Dusunguni] – Foday Musa Suso Piano, Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI, Yamaha DX 7, Rhodes Chroma, Memorymoog] – Herbie Hancock Programmed By [Praxis Processing], Synthesizer [XMD] – Rob Stevens Talking Drum, Ghatam [Chatan], Percussion [Don Don], Cowbell – Aïyb Dieng* Written By – A. Dieng*, B. Laswell* Written-By – F.M. Suso*, H. Hancock* 5:30 B2 People Are Changing Electronic Drums [TR-808], Wood Block, Percussion – Anton Fier Piano, Synthesizer [Yamaha DX7] – Herbie Hancock Vocals, Arranged By [Vocal Arrangement] – Bernard Fowler Written-By – T. Thomas* 6:03 B3 Sound-System Bass, Drum Machine [DMX] – Bill Laswell Cymbal [Cymbals] – Hamid Drake Electronic Drums [Simmons Drums], Percussion [Sound Plates], Electronic Drums [Synare], Timpani [Tympani] – Anton Fier Guitar – Nicky Skopelitis Kora, Guitar, Talking Drum – Foday Musa Suso Programmed By [Fairlight CMI Programming] – Will Alexander Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI, Yamaha DX7], Clavinet – Herbie Hancock Talking Drum, Ghatam [Chatan], Bells – Aïyb Dieng* Trumpet – Toshinori Kondo Turntables – D.St* Written-By – B. Laswell*, F.M. Suso*, H. Hancock*
Engineer – Billy Youdelman, Lawrence A. Duhart, Rob Stevens Engineer [Assistant] – Carolyn Collins, Hahn Rowe, Lothar Segeler, Sam Fishkin Mastered By – Howie Weinberg Mixed By – Dave Jerden Producer – Bill Laswell, Herbie Hancock, Material Recorded By – Rob Stevens